nervously

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nervous/ˈnɜːvəs/

▶adjective

• 1 easily agitated or alarmed.

  ■ anxious; apprehensive.

  ■ resulting from anxiety or anticipation.

• 2 relating to or affecting the nerves.

– derivatives
nervously adverb,
nervousness noun.

– origin ME: from L. nervosus ‘sinewy, vigorous’, from nervus (see nerve).